Paul Kelton
Biographic Data
| ID | 454773 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Kelton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Kelton |
| SIGNATURE | KELTON P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kansas |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Germs, Genocides, and America's Indigenous Peoples
Junipero Serra was a nazi not a saint!" "GENOCIDE EQUALS SAINTHOOD?" "NATIVE LIVES MATTER." These were just a few of the slogans emblazoned on posters and banners during protests opposing the eighteenth-century priest Junípero Serra's canonization in 2015. Accusations that Serra committed genocide also reverberated in the press. Vincent Medina—a Catholic Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Indian and the assistant to the curator at one of California's survi…
The British and Indian War
Conquest
People of the River Valleys
Journal Article People of the River Valleys: The Odyssey of the Delaware Indians Get access People of the River Valleys: The Odyssey of the Delaware Indians. By Schutt Amy C.. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007. 250 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. $45.00.) Paul Kelton Paul Kelton University of Kansas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 39, Issue 2,…
Epidemics and Enslavement
The Westo Indians
The Westo Indians, who lived in the Savannah River region during the second half of the 17th century, are mentioned in few primary documents and only infrequently in secondary literature. There are no known Westo archaeological sites; no artifacts can be linked to the group; and no more than a single word of their language is known to us today. Yet, from the extant evidence, it is believed that the Westos, who migrated from around Lake Erie by 16…
Avoiding the Smallpox Spirits
Current scholarship on the impact of epidemics on American Indians is inadequate to explain how Indians survived. Too often Indians are given no credit for being able to combat emergent diseases, and too often epidemics are depicted as completely undermining native religious beliefs. This article,however, examines the response of Southeastern Indians to disease and shows that Native Americans were capable of successfully retarding mortality rates…
Choctaws in a Revolutionary Age, 1750-1830
Journal Article Choctaws in a Revolutionary Age, 1750–1830 Get access Choctaws in a Revolutionary Age, 1750–1830. By O'Brien Greg. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2002. xxviii + 158 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $45.00, £34.50.) Paul Kelton Paul Kelton University of Kansas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 34, Issue 3, Autu 2003, Page 372, https://doi.org/10.230…
Epidemics and Enslavement
The Westo Indians
The Westo Indians, who lived in the Savannah River region during the second half of the 17th century, are mentioned in few primary documents and only infrequently in secondary literature. There are no known Westo archaeological sites; no artifacts can be linked to the group; and no more than a single word of their language is known to us today. Yet, from the extant evidence, it is believed that the Westos, who migrated from around Lake Erie by 16…
Avoiding the Smallpox Spirits
Current scholarship on the impact of epidemics on American Indians is inadequate to explain how Indians survived. Too often Indians are given no credit for being able to combat emergent diseases, and too often epidemics are depicted as completely undermining native religious beliefs. This article,however, examines the response of Southeastern Indians to disease and shows that Native Americans were capable of successfully retarding mortality rates…
Germs, Genocides, and America's Indigenous Peoples
Junipero Serra was a nazi not a saint!" "GENOCIDE EQUALS SAINTHOOD?" "NATIVE LIVES MATTER." These were just a few of the slogans emblazoned on posters and banners during protests opposing the eighteenth-century priest Junípero Serra's canonization in 2015. Accusations that Serra committed genocide also reverberated in the press. Vincent Medina—a Catholic Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Indian and the assistant to the curator at one of California's survi…
The British and Indian War
Choctaws in a Revolutionary Age, 1750-1830
Journal Article Choctaws in a Revolutionary Age, 1750–1830 Get access Choctaws in a Revolutionary Age, 1750–1830. By O'Brien Greg. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2002. xxviii + 158 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $45.00, £34.50.) Paul Kelton Paul Kelton University of Kansas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 34, Issue 3, Autu 2003, Page 372, https://doi.org/10.230…
Avoiding the Smallpox Spirits
Current scholarship on the impact of epidemics on American Indians is inadequate to explain how Indians survived. Too often Indians are given no credit for being able to combat emergent diseases, and too often epidemics are depicted as completely undermining native religious beliefs. This article,however, examines the response of Southeastern Indians to disease and shows that Native Americans were capable of successfully retarding mortality rates…
The Westo Indians
The Westo Indians, who lived in the Savannah River region during the second half of the 17th century, are mentioned in few primary documents and only infrequently in secondary literature. There are no known Westo archaeological sites; no artifacts can be linked to the group; and no more than a single word of their language is known to us today. Yet, from the extant evidence, it is believed that the Westos, who migrated from around Lake Erie by 16…
Epidemics and Enslavement
Conquest
People of the River Valleys
Journal Article People of the River Valleys: The Odyssey of the Delaware Indians Get access People of the River Valleys: The Odyssey of the Delaware Indians. By Schutt Amy C.. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007. 250 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. $45.00.) Paul Kelton Paul Kelton University of Kansas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 39, Issue 2,…
The British and Indian War
Germs, Genocides, and America's Indigenous Peoples
Junipero Serra was a nazi not a saint!" "GENOCIDE EQUALS SAINTHOOD?" "NATIVE LIVES MATTER." These were just a few of the slogans emblazoned on posters and banners during protests opposing the eighteenth-century priest Junípero Serra's canonization in 2015. Accusations that Serra committed genocide also reverberated in the press. Vincent Medina—a Catholic Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Indian and the assistant to the curator at one of California's survi…
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